/lit/ - Literature

>>21478845
meditations in death anxiety and cope

>>21478845
bobo gaysex bobo anjing hhhhh akwkwkw

It was my last book of the year, I don't know why this board has exploded all of a sudden spamming it this week, was it mentioned somewhere?

I thought it was very insightful. It can't you a sense of purpose or a guide for finding pleasure in life, but it does offer ways to resist pain and remain strong in the face of adversity

Marcus by today's standards is a pretty gloomy guy and some of his advice is more practical than others. Chastising himself in order to cultivate an indifference to music is a pretty depressing passage.

I have a lot of death anxiety and reflect upon my mortality often so I thought it was a useful book

>>21478947
It's the /fit/ book. That and Sun and Steel are the /fit/ books. It is spammed there all the time.

>>21478845
"Just stop caring lmao"

>>21478845
people are retarded
deal with it

>>21478845
Figure out the truth, accept it, die

>>21478845
Virtue isn’t deserved, it’s earned.
If you falter it only proves you’re human.
Take care of yourself before you take care of others.
Strive to be better than you are.
Dont be a perv.

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
Great, quick read. Highly recommend. I especially like it because you know you are reading the journal of the last great emperor of Rome.

>>21479594
How do I not be a perv anon...

>>21479613
Just don't be one bro. Marcus makes that pretty clear.

>Just be a good guy, dont do lame shit

Wow, it's that easy to be virtuous wow i never would have known

>>21479807
>Just be a good guy, dont do lame shit
Probably easier said than done when you're emperor

Seneca is better

>>21478845
Try reading it.

>>21478845
"I wield absolute power, but I will not be a dictator."

>>21479613
He said to not lust after children and don’t be a pederast and stay away from weird fetish shit, it’s unhealthy.
Today that pretty much means drop the anime shit and stop watching porn. If that’s possible.
It’s not.

>>21478845
Read it, it is not gonna change your life but gives you antoher point of view for your enviroment. It's such a short and comfy reading I must say Give it a try, you will not regret.

>>21480181
>the best plan is to reject straightway the first incentives to anger, to resist its very beginnings, and to take care not to be betrayed into it: for if once it begins to carry us away, it is hard to get back again into a healthy condition.

This gotta be the dumbest quote I've ever read

Just b urself

>>21480304
I hope its still possible for me... I didnt use to be that way when I was mid teens but I guess porn turned me into a pretty big perv... If I stopped being a NEET I can probably make a full recovery. (I hope)

>>21478845
Yes.

>>21480470
Walk us trough why its stupid anon or your a midwit.

>>21480663
if self-improvement won't make us better what will?

>>21480664
Anger is an important emotion that exists for a reason. Repressing anger can lead to severe mental and physical consequences.

>>21480686
Any book can be considered as self-improvement. Choose diligently.

>>21480664
And holy kek. I'm just now reading this >>21480663 and finding out that Marcus Aurelius suffered from chronic pain disorders which are unironically psychosomatic and caused by repressed emotions.

>>21480688
it simply means to acknowledge the anger and let go, not to not have it. Dwelling in your anger is much worse to you than letting go some dumb shit someone else did or that is not in your control. I have been angered at people my ex included, and when you start healing is when you stop being angry. Controlling your anger is a sign you're a strong man, not the other way around. Anger is a feminine trait since they don't control their emotions.

>>21478845
Thanks anon you have inspired me to re-read Meditations. It’s good and inspires one to self reflect. Quick read and should honestly be read by everyone.

>>21478845
ball or bawl

>>21480686
Sadly, Porn

>>21480686
Try a girlfriend you feel less interested in other women when you get to sleep with someone regularly. Also it my inspire you to strive to be better for her.

>>21480686
self-destruction

>>21478845
Roman emperor, one of the wealthiest people on the planet at the time, writes down meditations on how to have a good life while being completely free of any and all problems due to his status and wealth.
>Hey, live simply! be humble! You should have purpose etc etc.
>Oh, and you need a villa by the sea and unlimited money.

>>21480977
Based, happy soap making.

>>21480995
>Oh, and you need a villa by the sea and unlimited money.
shit i was wondering what i was doing wrong this whole time

>>21480995
this, i read it when people were pushing stoicism and noticed it was
>privileged person says just b happy
pointless text

>>21480995
>>21481373
Idiots, both of you. You know where he died? In some shithole camp in fighting Gauls after campaigning for 14 years. Not exactly luxury.

>>21478845
Figure out the truth, accept it, die

Live, laugh, love.

>>21480470
Tell us about all the good things anger has done for you anon

I'm gay and my son is retarded

>>21478947
Frequency illusion

>>21478845
Just don't care bro.

>>21478845
>Can you sum up this book in a few sentences
No. There's quite a bit of redundancy, but it basically already is a bunch of summary sentences.
>and is it worth reading?
The Stoics, including Aurelius, tended to give passages that divided into cases depending on whether or not there's a supreme intelligence, arguing that the practice follows in either case. It's much easier if you're a godcuck, though.

>>21481897
Is that a good summary?

>>21481969
Sort of. It's basically: death is inevitable, so everything you do matters, and living a good life means living bravely.

>>21478845
1. "Not as good as the Enchiridion."
2. Sure, but there are other books from earlier times that are more worth reading. Such as all the works of Plato and Aristotle.